Bet the skipper didn't have to 'give' the Suez pilot 20US and 40 Malboro
Well I thought the latter made a pretty good attempt!
I was on HMS Glamorgan. We had gully gully man. He must have made a few bob. So flippin ......magic!
We were steaming along the South Coast when some senior officer from the Fleet Air Decided to pay a visit in his own light aircraft. I can't remember what it was, an Auster perhaps. Needless to say, when he left he wasn't catapulted off.
I see Scimitars, Sea Venoms and Skyraiders; the FAA was in a state of flux in the 1950s.
Was Ned's Atomic Dustbin(the 984 radar) working?
It was rotating. Were I to say whether it actually worked or not might put me in breach of The Official Secrets Act.
The boat-rope (one each side) was attached to the 27' Montagu whalers which were always ready to be launched at short notice in case of a man overboard. Without that the whaler would sheer broadside on when it hit the water and capsize.
Be funny if someone!!!- "accidentally" had 2 of its container ships run aground in the canal as she was going through. One in front & one behind.
Just to show how easy it would be to trap an aircraft carrier & just to make a statement " by mistake"
Presumably the canal is still full of other traffic whilst the carrier is there
Hope that is not considered too political
So traffic in the canal is organised in convoys? Not as a continuous stream. Is that correct?
Yes, two convoys a day, one northbound and one southbound. It is becase there isn't room to pass except in the Bitter Lakes so the convoys meet there.
